Wikipedia talk:GLAM/British Library/One on one collaborations

Wikipedians seeking curators

 * Question for all curators - on the main page of Wikipedia new (or newly re-written) articles get featured as simple "did you knows" or any article may be nominated for "on this day" and if they are very high quality may be featured in the prized "today's featured article" section. The end result is that such a article attracts thousands or tens of thousands of visitors (and some new editors) in a single day. For example when Hoxne Hoard was today's featured article it had over 57,000 visitors in a day (equivalent to three times the total expected readers of that article in a year, see link). So if you know of some key anniversaries for collections or artefacts over the next few months it would be useful to make a note of them here to see if there is an opportunity to get the related articles nominated and up to a suitable quality in plenty of time. Fæ (talk) 19:19, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Curators seeking Wikipedians

 * (TBA) BL is interested in support for an internal event with Curators, possibly with a presentation about the British Museum experience, and longer term support for an internal person/point of contact to help get to grips with communication and coordination with Wikipedian/Wikimedians and potentially other related volunteers.
 * I recommend at least 3 Wikipedians would be needed for such an event, just to ensure that at least one and preferably two other Wikipedians can listen, drive a screen for presentations, take notes or chip in when things flag while the presenter is concentrating on talking/leading an activity/answering questions. Fæ (talk) 19:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)


 * (Digital team) On the card given out by the BL promoting the Growing Knowledge exhibition is a QR code. Considering the GLAM/DER QR code initiative, is there any appetite to take this further?
 * Email sent to growingknowledge contact. // Positive reply explaining that QR codes are part of the Growing Knowledge exhibit and used elsewhere in the library where 'aesthetically relevant'. No action needed but may be worth re-visiting as an example case study for any wider GLAM QR code initiative. Fæ (talk) 14:48, 9 February 2011 (UTC)